10 Ways to Go Green and Save earth Save Money

10 Ways to Go Green and Save earth Save Money

How can we live lightly on the Earth and save money at the same time? Here I want to share ideas on how to GO GREEN and SAVE GREEN at home and at work.

Awareness it’s now at fullest. It seems like everyone's "going green." Let’s take some more Efforts So that our grandchildren-and their children-will thank us for living more sustainably. Let's start now.

Save Energy to Save Money

·         Install compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) when your older incandescent bulbs burn out.

·         Unplug appliances when you're not using them.

·         Use a drying rack or clothesline to save the energy otherwise used during machine drying.

Save Water to Save Money.

·         Take shorter showers to reduce water use. This will lower your water and heating bills too.

·         Install solar water heater to have a warm and efficient bath

Save Fuel to Save Money

·         Walk or bicycle - This saves petrol/diesel costs while improving your cardiovascular health and reducing your risk of obesity.

·         Turn off your vehicles at stops

·         Proper check up your vehicles to use fuel efficienty

Eat smart.

·         Lower you oily food habit it cost more in cooking and as well as cause lots of harm to environment

Skip the bottled/packet water.

·         First of all they just cost a lot Next the use lots of plastic and finally if you can get free water around then why to pay

Think before you buy.

·         Buy things which are really necessary and avoid useless purchase as purchase results to more production and more production result to more harm

Borrow instead of buying.

·         Borrow from libraries instead of buying personal books and movies. This saves money, not to mention the ink and paper that goes into printing new books.

Buy smart.

·         Wear clothes that don't need to be dry-cleaned. This saves money and cuts down on toxic chemical use.

·         Invest in high-quality, long-lasting products. You might pay more now, but you'll be happy when you don't have to replace items as frequently (and this means less waste!).

Keep electronics out of the trash.

·         Keep your cell phones, computers, and other electronics as long as possible.

·         Donate or recycle your product such as cell phone responsibly when the time comes.

Grow your own organic garden.

·         Spare some amount of your property and plant some veggies, fruits which can help you to get a clean non toxic food without paying anyone

                                           By-

                                                Vishal Sancheti

                                                3rd sem I.T    

10 SIMPLE THINGS WE CAN DO TO SAVE MOTHER EARTH

10 SIMPLE THINGS WE CAN DO TO SAVE MOTHER EARTH

By Kevin Vasoya

1. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle : Do your part to reduce waste by choosing reusable products instead of disposables. Buying products with minimal packaging (including the economy size when that makes sense for you) will help to reduce waste. And whenever you can, recycle paper, plastic, newspaper, glass and aluminum cans. By recycling half of your household waste, you can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide annually.

2. Switch off lights and other appliances when not in use and don't forget to unplug appliances too. it saves your money and energy both.

3. Change a Light Bulb : Wherever practical, replace regular light bulbs with compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs. Replacing just one 60-watt incandescent light bulb with a CFL will save many bucks over the life of the bulb. CFLs also last 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs, use two-thirds less energy, and give off 70 percent less heat.

4. Drive Less and Drive Smart: Less driving means fewer emissions. Besides saving gasoline, walking and biking are great forms of exercise. Explore your community mass transit system, and check out options for carpooling to work or school. When you do drive, make sure your car is running efficiently. For example, keeping your tires properly inflated can improve your gas mileage by more than 3 percent. Every gallon of gas you save not only helps your budget, it also keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.also drive slowly about 40-60km/h to have better mileage and reduce air resistance.

5. Buy Energy-Efficient Products : When it’s time to buy a new car, choose one that offers good gas mileage. Home appliances now come in a range of energy-efficient models, and compact florescent bulbs are designed to provide more natural-looking light while using far less energy than standard light bulbs. Avoid products that come with excess packaging, especially molded plastic and other packaging that can’t be recycled. If you reduce your household garbage by 10 percent, you can save 1,200 pounds of carbon dioxide annually.

7. save water :It’s also a good idea to turn off the water when you’re not using it. While brushing your teeth, shampooing the dog or washing your car, turn off the water until you actually need it for rinsing. You’ll reduce your water bill and help to conserve a vital resource. also utilise rain water harvesting technique.

8. Plant a Tree : If you have the means to plant a tree, start digging. During photosynthesis, trees and other plants absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. They are an integral part of the natural atmospheric exchange cycle here on Earth, but there are too few of them to fully counter the increases in carbon dioxide caused by automobile traffic, manufacturing and other human activities. A single tree will absorb approximately one ton of carbon dioxide during its lifetime.

9. pay your bills and do other bank transactions online. it will have to save paper and reduce use of chemicals for printing.

10. Encourage Others to Conserve : Share information about recycling and energy conservation with your friends, neighbors and co-workers, and take opportunities to encourage public officials to establish programs and policies that are good for the environment.

Ozone Day 16th September

ozone day.........(16th september)

Hovering some 10 to 16 kilometres above the planet’s surface, the ozone layer filters out dangerous ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun, thus protecting life on Earth. Scientists believe that the ozone layer was formed about 400 million years ago, essentially remaining undisturbed for most of that time. In 1974, two chemists from the University of California startled the world community with the discovery that emissions of man-made chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), a widely used group of industrial chemicals, might be threatening the ozone layer.

The scientists, Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina, postulated that when CFCs reach the stratosphere, UV radiation from the sun causes these chemically-stable substances to decompose, leading to the release of chlorine atoms. Once freed from their bonds, the chlorine atoms initiate a chain reaction that destroys substantial amounts of ozone in the stratosphere. The scientists estimated that a single chlorine atom could destroy as many as 100,000 ozone molecules.

The theory of ozone depletion was confirmed by many scientists over the years. In 1985 ground-based measurements by the British Antarctic Survey recorded massive ozone loss (commonly known as the “ozone hole”) over the Antarctic, providing further confirmation of the discovery. These results were later confirmed by satellite measurements.

The discovery of the “ozone hole” alarmed the general public and governments and paved the way for the adoption in 1987 of the treaty now known as the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Thanks to the Protocol’s rapid progress in phasing out the most dangerous ozone-depleting substances, the ozone layer is expected to return to its pre-1980s state by 2060–75, more than 70 years after the international community agreed to take action. The Montreal Protocol has been cited as “perhaps the single most successful international environmental agreement to date” and an example of how the international community can successfully cooperate to solve seemingly intractable global environmental challenges.

The extent of ozone depletion for any given period depends on complex interaction between chemical and climatic factors such as temperature and wind. The unusually high levels of depletion in 1988, 1993 and 2002 were due to early warming of the polar stratosphere caused by air disturbances originating in mid-latitudes, rather than by major changes in the amount of reactive chlorine and bromine in the Antarctic stratosphere.

The ozone layer over the Antarctic has been thinning steadily since the ozone loss predicted in the 1970s was first observed in 1985. The area of land below the ozone-depleted atmosphere increased steadily to encompass more than 20 million square kilometres in the early 1990s, and has varied between 20 and 29 million square kilometres since then. Despite progress achieved under the Montreal Protocol, the ozone “hole” over the Antarctic was larger than ever in September 2006. This was due to particularly cold temperatures in the stratosphere, but also to the chemical stability of ozone-depleting substances – it takes about 40 years for them to break down. While the problem is worst in the polar areas, particularly over the South Pole because of the extremely low atmospheric temperature and the presence of stratospheric clouds, the ozone layer is thinning all over the world outside of the tropics. During the Arctic spring the ozone layer over the North Pole has thinned by as much as 30 per cent. Depletion over Europe and other high latitudes has varied from 5 to 30 per cent.

World's Largest Producers Of ALternative Energy

Most countries have set high goals for the utilization of renewable energy by the middle of the century, but present day usage of alternative sources of energy is dominated by the developed nations such as the United States, Germany, Spain and Denmark, with Brazil and China leading the developing nations. Hydroelectric power is the dominant renewable energy due to its widespread use but wind energy and solar power are fast growing forms of alternative sources of energy.

Largest Producers of Hydroelectric Power

According to BP Statistical Review – Full Report 2009, published by Beacon Press in June 2009, the Three Gorges Dam helped China become the largest producer of hydroelectric power:

• China has 171 gigawatts (GW) of installed hydroelectric capacity.

• Canada has 90 GW.

• The United States has 79 GW.

• Brazil has 70 GW.

• Russia has 45 GW.

• India has 33 GW.

• Norway has 28 GW.

• Japan has 27 GW.

Although Norway is only ninth in installed capacity, it produces over 98% of all its electricity from hydroelectric power, while China, at number one with 171 GW of installed capacity produces just under 18% of its electricity needs from hydro.

 

Largest Producers of Wind Energy

Figures from IEA Wind Energy Annual Report 2008, published by the International Energy Agency in June 2009 shows that, except for China and India, the developed world dominates the top ten wind energy users:

• The United States has an installed capacity of 25,369 Megawatts (MW).

• Germany, with 23,902 MW is in second place.

• Spain comes third with 16,740 MW.

• China has 12,200 MW.

• India has 9645 MW.

• Italy has 3,736 MW.

• France has 3,387 MW.

• The United Kingdom has 3,331 MW.

• Denmark has 3,163 MW.

Largest Producers of Nuclear Energy

Many environmentalists would question the inclusion of nuclear fuel as a renewable source of energy, but there is no doubt that it is a virtually carbon free alternative to fossil fuels. Figures from Key World Energy Statistics, 2009, published by the International Energy Agency in December 2009 show that the countries with the highest installed capacity, are:

• The United States has 106 gigawatts (GW) installed.

• France has 63 GW.

• Japan has 49 GW.

• Russia has 22 GW.

• Germany has 20 GW.

• South Korea has 18 GW.

• Ukraine has 13 GW.

• Britain has 11 GW.

• Sweden has 9 GW.

In all, the world has 372 GW of installed nuclear capacity.

Largest Producers of Biofuels

Renewables Global Status Report: 2009 Update, published in December 2009 by REN21 has the United States as the world’s largest producer of biofuels in 2008:

• The United States produced 36 billion liters of biofuels.

• Brazil produced 28 billion liters.

• France produced 3 billion liters.

• Germany produced 2.7 billion liters.

• China produced 2 billion liters.

In all, the world produced just less than 80 billion liters of biofuels.

Largest Producers of Solar Power

Renewables Global Status Report: 2009 Update states that, “Grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) continued to be the fastest growing power generation technology, with a 70 percent increase in existing capacity to 13 GW in 2008.” The largest producers of solar power are:

• Germany has 5,400 grid – connected megawatts (MW).

• Spain has 3,300 MW.

• Japan has 1,970 MW.

• The United States has 830 MW.

• South Korea has 350 MW.

In all, there is nearly 13,000 grid – connected solar PV megawatts available worldwide.

In nutshell, Depending on the type of renewable energy used, the U.S., China, Germany, South Korea and Brazil are among the world's largest producers of alternative energy.

Prepared by,

Raj Khirsariya

7^th Mechanical